3.99 Gain Turns Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Into A Winning Stock For Investors

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) has a beta value of 1.34 and has seen 2.83 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $12.89B, closed the recent trade at $18.35 per share which meant it gained $0.7 on the day or 3.99% during that session. The HST stock price is -16.13% off its 52-week high price of $21.31 and 14.39% above the 52-week low of $15.71. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.89 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 7.38 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.76. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 11 have rated it as a Hold, with 6 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.1.

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Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) trade information

Sporting 3.99% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the HST stock price touched $18.35 or saw a rise of 2.24%. Year-to-date, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc shares have moved -5.73%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 3.41%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) have changed 5.13%. Short interest in the company has seen 40.92 million shares shorted with days to cover at 5.32.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $21, which means that the shares’ value could jump 12.62% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $17.0 while the price target rests at a high of $26.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -41.69% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 7.36% from the levels at last check today..

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Host Hotels & Resorts Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 0.69% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 2.08%, compared to -2.80% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 5.90%.

15 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.3B for the current quarter. 15 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.39B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.21B and 1.32B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 6.70% for the current quarter and 5.90% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -6.69% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -4.68% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -2.34%.

HST Dividends

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2024-Nov-06 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.80 at a share yield of 4.36%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 4.49%.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST)’s Major holders

Insiders own 1.31% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 106.26% with a share float percentage of 107.67%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Host Hotels & Resorts Inc having a total of 939.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 113.95 million shares worth more than $2.05 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 16.1797% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 76.58 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.38 billion and represent 10.8732% of shares outstanding.